Global Results - 24 January
After this crunch weekend, the European Rugby Cup is able to produce the quarterfinalists for both the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup.
The eight quarterfinalists for the Heineken Cup are: Munster, Biarritz, Clermont Auvergne, Stade Français, Toulouse, Leinster, Ospreys and Northampton Saints.
The Guinness premiership was recently described as the strongest league in the rugby world. There is only one side from that league in the last eight and it is ranked eighth - Northampton Saints. France has four teams, Ireland two and Wales and England one each.
The Amlin quarterfinalists are more difficult to work out - the five pool winners plus those ranked 9, 10 and 11 in the Heineken. The final pool winner was not decided till Bourgoin went to Leeds to play. The pool winners are Bourgoin, Connacht, Toulon, Wasps and Newcastle Falcons. The Heineken sides who play in the Amlin will be Cardiff Blues, Gloucester and Scarlets.
Those knock-out stages of both competitions are in April, after the Six Nations.
Finalists have been decided in Japan.
International
Friendly
Russia vs Namibia, 30-15
Blue Bulls vs Russia, 36-21
Heineken Cup, Round 6
Biarritz vs Glasgow Warriors, 41-20
Cardiff Blues vs Harlequins, 45-20
Clermont Auvergne vs Viadana, 59-20
Edinburgh vs Stade Français, 9-7
Gloucester vs Dragons, 32-23
London Irish vs Leinster, 11-11
Munster vs Northampton Saints, 12-9
Ospreys vs Leicester Tigers, 17-12
Perpignan vs Benetton Treviso, 34-6
Scarlets vs Brive, 20-17
Toulouse vs Sale Sharks, 19-13
Ulster vs Bath, 28-10
Amlin Challenge Cup, Round 6
Bayonne vs Roma, 55-6
Connacht vs Olympus Madrid, 66-0
Bourgoin vs Leeds Carnegie, 18-9
Montauban vs Albi, 27-20
Montpellier vs Worcester Warriors, 8-3
Newcastle Falcons vs Petrarca Padova ,20-3
Parma vs Bucuresti Oaks, 16-9
Racing-Metro 92 vs London Wasps, 19-17
Saracens vs Rovigo, 56-8
Toulon vs Castres, 42-10
Domestic
Australia
Friendly
Queensland Reds vs Waratahs, 26-24
England
The Championship
Bristol vs Coventry, 27-16
Cornish Pirates vs Rotherham Titans, 29-24
Exeter Chiefs vs Bedford Blues, 42-19
London Welsh vs Doncaster Knights, 17-10
Moseley vs Birmingham & Solihull, 25-24
Nottingham vs Plymouth Albion, 20-19
France
Pro D2, Round 18
Auch vs Lannemezan, 17-10
Aurillac vs Agen, 19-17
Bordeaux vs Narbonne 21-12
Colomiers vs Grenoble 10-10
Lyon vs Pau, 22-22
La Rochelle vs Aix-en-Provence 37-3
Mont-de-Marsan vs Tarbes 18-12
Oyonnax vs Dax 29-10
Ireland
AIL Division 1
Blackrock vs Clontarf, 26-13
Dolphin vs St Mary's, 21-13
Galwegians vs Buccaneers, 12-11
Garryowen vs Cork Constitution, 6-6
Old Belvedere vs Ballymena, 26-10
Shannon vs UL Bohemians, 17-11
University College Cork vs Dungannon, 21-3
Young Munster vs Ballynahinch, 15-12
Japan
Top League semifinals
Sanyo Wild Knights vs Toyota Verblitz, 25-21
Toshiba Brave Lupus vs Suntory Sungoliath, 35-24
New Zealand
Friendlies
Blues vs Hurricanes, 19-17
Highlanders vs Chiefs, 31-24
Scotland
Premiership
Ayr vs Stewarts Melville, 66-15
Currie vs Edinburgh Academicals, 29-5
Glasgow Hawks vs Boroughmuir, 19-8
Heriot's vs Melrose, 28-16
West of Scotland vs Selkirk, 34-25
Watsonians vs Dundee HSFP, 16-13
South Africa
Friendlies
Super 14
Stormers vs Force, 54-12
Cheetahs vs Eastern Province Invitation XV, 13-9
Varsity Cup
Maties vs Western Province XV, 59-26
Pukke vs Griffons, 40-36
Pumas vs University of Johannesburg, 35-12
South Western Districts vs Tukkies, 36-10
Wales
Premiership
Pontypool vs Llanelli
Ebbw Vale vs Neath
Cross Keys vs Glamorgan Wanderers, 20-17
Newport vs Bedwas, 24-6
Cardiff vs Llandovery, 45-5
Aberavon vs Swansea